Curtain-hanger



J. F. BRUEDERLY.

CURTAIN HANGEm APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26| i919.

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Patented Feb, 22, 192,1.-

UNITED STATES PATnurorrlcs.fffQ 4v JOSEPH F. BRUEDERL?, or HARRIM'AN; rENivsYLvANiA;

cURTAIN-HANGER,

ToaZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. BRUEDERLY,

,a citizen -of the nited States, residing. at

Harriman, in thecouiityof Bucks and State 'ot' cnnsylvania, have invented'n'ew and useyful Improvements in Curtain-Hangers, of

which the following is .a specification.

The present inventionfrelates to shade and curtain holders and more particularly to the curtain holding fixture of acombined shade and curtain holder. n

it has for its objectvto provide a curtain holder which is of light, .cheap construction; which may bevreadily attached tov and detached from the supportingbracket; which is adjustable for diderently spaced brackets within a wide range; and which willeffectively support a lace orfsimilar curtain-and maintain itin proper adjusted' position. l

in orderthat the invention may be understood by those skilled in the art,llhave shown in the accompanying drawingone embodiment of my invention,`but it will be' understood that this showing is illustrative .and in no sense restrictive, vas the construction may be fvaried withoutdeparting from the spirit of Iny invention.

In said drawings: y .n y p Figure 1 isv'avperspective view kof a shade roller bracket with which isV combined improved curtain hanger. l

Fig. 2 isa view in elevation ofthe curtain hanger.

justable shade roller support 12, and the loop Figg is an end View of the hanger.

F ig. 4 is ajview similar to Fig. 3 showing av slight modication. g

Fig. 5 'sa' plan view of the end vof the hanger. n A f f Y Referringto the drawings by numbers, like numbers indicating like parts lin, the several views, 10 indicates a'combined shadey roller. and curtain hanger bracket whichy may be of various designs, but which', preferably, and as shown, is made in laccordance with-the bracket hanger disclosed in 4my Patent No. 1,265,044 granted May 7,-' 1918, s.

and consists of a plate having theV key hole slot 11 therein for the single screw, the ad- 13 Vwhichforms" the Vsupport for the curtain hanger.

In my patent'above referred to one form of a curtainV hanger is shown, and while this form has merit and is in many cases desirable, it involves expense in that it is made of several parts and it contemplates the use speification ofrLe'tters Patent) y Y atented'reb-f22g1921. Y Y I Application iiled'June 26, lmaserial Nasoassa Y i of independent `curtain-f.supporting .rod l* or pole. Instead lofthe 'typey of curtain hanger shown inmygpatendfit has been proposed to provide `two ,pieceltelescoping hangersfor'curtains which :couldzbe attached in l,a suitable manner to a bracket, and thepart The hanger which I have provided consists,4 preferably of 4the two, members 14, as

herein shown, althougli i`tniay,1if desired, l.be offaj single piece,'forrned ofaiiat metal ribbon with slide, loops 15 at'their ends which loops 15 are reversely placedlandembrace the bodyY portions of themenibers 14, f

so as toygive the telescopingj.arrangement and yetjmaintain the-hanger ini arigid. condition to form an effective support, this telespaced supporting brackets? f Each f the members 14 is bent at a' right 'scopic adjustment providing- `for differently" angle at its end to forrnzinwardly turned legs 16;,in orderto position thel hanger. a

proper distance from the wndow'frame for.v 'Y

draping the curtain. vAt a 'point between the@ 90 right angle bend of theleg 16 and-the bdy 14,the said legl is given' a' half twist 17' so as' to turn Vthe end of the leg to' a hori-y zontal position, and at right anglesto the rest of ,theV leg. The extreme end ofthe leg is then bentv downwardly to form -the loop engaging foot 18,y saidffoot extended ,so as to take a face bearing onthe' plate 10 and 4 hold the hanger firmly in position. I'have shownthe loop l3'as considerably wider than the foot 18 so that theffoot may be adjusted L.

transversely ofthe loop ifidesired, althoughit will bepunderstood that the loop and foot maybe so fashioned' as to give a snug `t v I l andprevent-transverse movement. 'y '1105 1 Referring particularly `toFigsp?, and 4 I -itwill-b observed that the half twistf17-not only gives rigidity'to the'leg, Vbut by reaj A' son ofthe vertical portion 16 and the horizontal portion beyond the twist 17 being out I y e point of twist,' ove'r and behind Which'the of line vertically, a hump is kprovided at the draped curtain, indieated` in dotted lines in Figs. 3V and 4, will lie and prevent creeping .of the ends of the `cur tain away from the brackets, and their properly draped condition will be maintained by this hump 01;'

' 5 protuberance.

This simple Aexpedient is in Vpractice great improvement. over the smooth l typeY of curtainv hanger of the prior art, which is not infrequently formed of tubular material and has'rounded ends on which the curtain will slide and creep under the influence loli air currents from4 the window, so that continual adjustment Vand rediaping of the curtains is necessary.v

lVith the construction above described it will be seen that the curtain not only drops behind the hump of the twist l- ,but as' it lies across the relatively thin, sharp edge of the leg, said edge will engage the fabric and very -eile'ctively hold the curtain against anj7 tendency to slide, and the diliculties ,heretofore experiencedwithhangers o' vthe prior art are eliminated. In order that the curtain may be positively held, in addition to the frictional engagenient of the hump with the Ina-bric or' the curtain, l may provide, as shown in Figs. 4 ,and- 5, a` curtain` engaging spui 19, which may be conveniently formed by Vstampingit out 'oi' ther metal of which kthe hanger vis made, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. and then turned vup to a vertical position to project upwardly from the horizontal por-V tion of the leg at thecdge, andthe curtain, as indicated in LF ig. l, iscaught over this spur 19, the spur lbeing preferably slightly 'inclined rearwardly toward the `toot 18 in order to enga-ge and edectively hold the curtain.

accidental displacement, it being desirable in k many instances to 4bring the V ornaniental curtain around the ends oli the hanger' 'to c liid coucealrtlie ends` ofthe hanger, f ,eb-racket, and the shade roller, thus elimi- 'edge' oai the outstanding curtain and the window does not extend'aroundrthe end.

' Such' changes and departures lfrom the A hanger constructed in. accordance with when onceinade -willbe main-tained against :ting the objectionable space between theA iramewhichi exists where the 'curtain my hand.l

disclosure herein made as are within the rangeof mechanical skill, are to be regarded as within the scope oi'l my invention, and I vdo. not, therefore, limit'myself to the details portion, at least one of which legVv portions is provided `with a Vtwisted section to `form a curtain-engaging hump betweenl tsends; and bracket-'engaging means at the 'outer end of said leg. v 2. The combination withl a' 'supporting bracket having a `foot receiving' loop;-oi a curtainfhanger comprising two Vslidingly connected members, each of whichV has an inturned leg at itsy outer endv which is twisted to form a curtain-engaging hump between its ends; a loop-.engaging toot at the outer end of'each leg laterally adjustableinsaid loop; Vand independent curtain-engaging means on said leg between said hump. and the outerencliof saidleg. 3.`The combination with a supporting bracket having ar foot receivingloop; of a curtain hanger A comprising tw'o slidingly connected members,eacii of which lhasan intuined-leg at it-s outer'end which is twist ed to forni acurtaing'engaging humpbe- :tween its ends; a loop-engaging foot at the outer end "ofsaid leg; and af curtain-engaging spur on said leg between said hump and thefouter end of said leg. 1 i

4:. A curtain hanger formed of iiat metal ribbon having its ends inturneldto forni supporting legs, each of saidflegsbeing twisted to provide 'a curtain-engaging hump; and a downwardly turned bracketengaging foot at the outer end of said leg.l j 5. A curtain hanger formed of .flat ni etal ribbon having its ends intuifiied to vtorni supporting legs, each of saidlegsbeing twistedv to provide an upwardly Vpfrojectiiig curtainengaging humpv between its"v ends; and av curtain-engaging spur projecting upwardly *from saidleg'between said hump and the outer end of saidleg. f V .6.- 'curtain vhangerl ribbon having its endsA inturnedv to .form supporting legs, one atleastof said legs having a'huinp or protuberance' between its 4ends to engage and 'prevent creeping 'of the curtain. In testimony Vwhereoifl have hereunto'set i Josiarii ia VLeiuniDnnLi.

formed of vflat metaly 

